Post-Auction Sales Negotiator, French Speaking

🕒 May 23

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🤑 Sales

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Car & Classic

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2005

🏪 Marketplace

👥 B2C

🤝 B2B

💰 Series A on 2022-03

Marketplace • B2C • B2B

Car & Classic is an online marketplace and community connecting classic and specialist car enthusiasts with private sellers, dealerships and services across Europe. Founded in 2005, the company operates classifieds, auctions with escrow, car valuations, mobile apps, and insurance products tailored to classic vehicles, and serves both consumers and B2B dealers. It has scaled rapidly across multiple countries and emphasizes tech-driven product development and a fully remote, performance-driven culture.

📋 Description

• Own post-auction negotiations: Drive successful post-auction deals between buyers and sellers while maximising conversion and profitability. • Deliver commercial outcomes: Consistently achieve monthly deal volume, margin, and fee discipline targets. • Maintain deal momentum: Progress opportunities quickly and proactively to achieve fast close times and minimise drop-off. • Build trusted relationships: Establish credibility and rapport with buyers, sellers, collectors, and dealers across multiple markets. • Support international customers: Deliver an excellent customer experience across English and French-speaking audiences. • Provide valuation expertise: Apply strong market knowledge to support vehicle valuations, reserve pricing discussions, and negotiation strategy. • Identify matching opportunities: Build and maintain a network of buyers and sellers to proactively connect customers with relevant vehicles. • Ensure operational accuracy: Maintain high attention to detail across deal terms, documentation, communications, and CRM updates. • Collaborate cross-functionally: Work closely with auctions, customer support, and commercial teams to improve conversion and customer experience. • Contribute market insight: Share customer feedback, pricing trends, and competitive intelligence to improve auction performance and strategy.

🎯 Requirements

• Strong automotive knowledge: Deep understanding of classic and/or performance vehicles, including market trends and valuations. • Excellent negotiation skills: Proven ability to influence outcomes while balancing customer experience and commercial performance. • Fluent English communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills in English. • Fluent French communication: Professional fluency in French is essential. • Relationship-building ability: Experience building trust quickly with customers, clients, or stakeholders. • Commercial awareness: Strong business judgement with experience balancing revenue, profitability, and customer satisfaction. • Bias toward action: Ability to work with urgency, prioritise effectively, and maintain momentum across multiple deals. • High attention to detail: Consistently accurate and organised in fast-moving operational environments. • Comfort with CRM systems: Experience managing pipelines, customer communication, and reporting within CRM or sales platforms. • Results-oriented mindset: Motivated by measurable outcomes, accountability, and continuous improvement.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive & benchmarked base salary + commission (uncapped) • Generous stock options scheme • All the equipment you need to get the job done • Flexible working - work where and when you want to get the job done • Access to free counselling, therapy and mental health support via Spill • Professional development allowance • Life cover • Smart Health • Generous parental leave • 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)